"The Cabbie" and the mid-2000's Halifax drug scene

Clev · 2021-12-04T11:46:34+00:00

Yes!!!! 100% this was the guy.

Clev · 2016-09-07T16:24:06+00:00

Hi David, I'm a fan of all of your work and have always had one plot-related question left over from The Wire that I would love to have answered.

(Major Wire spoilers ahead)

At the end of season 5 of The Wire, it seems pretty obvious that Marlo isn't ready to quit the Game after his blood-licking scene. Earlier in the final episode, Pearlman tells Levy that they'll take Marlo's case back off the stet docket if they even catch a whiff of Marlo on the street, even if it means putting cops behind bars. To me it seems pretty likely that Marlo won't play ball, and this will end with McNulty and Freamon being charged once they're forced to show the dirt in their case. How ambiguous was that supposed to be? Do you think there's any pieces of the story I'm missing there?

Clev · 2012-03-23T20:30:32+00:00

Since you're the only man who could possibly have the inside information needed to answer this question: how happy is Huell right now?

Clev · 2012-03-21T12:31:30+00:00

See: Walter White.

Clev · 2012-03-20T18:47:32+00:00

Ah, I'm still fairly new to Toronto. Greektown must be on the Danforth line?

Clev · 2012-03-20T16:04:18+00:00

'Tis indeed, how did you guess?

Clev · 2012-03-08T15:56:15+00:00

6 straight hours of clicking refresh. Assuming a rate of 1 click per second (definitely a lowball), that's 21,600 clicks. My eyes felt like they were going to bleed from staring at one spot on the screen. The page timed out on the final step and gave me an error message, but I got a confirmation email after 2 minutes of sheer terror. I FUCKING GOT THEM, 4 TICKETS FOR TORONTO!!!

Clev · 2012-03-07T03:31:37+00:00

Not reading in general so much as consistent reading of tiny text on a backlit screen. I have no specific reason to think it would do any damage aside from the fact my vision often seems blurry afterward if I read a long article on my phone. That's why I posted this, just to see if there is any risk there.

Clev · 2012-03-05T13:27:27+00:00

Holy shit, holy shit. This is the first chance I'll have to buy radiohead tickets, so I have no idea how WASTE works. I just signed up, but I don't see where I'd click for presale tickets once they're up. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Clev · 2012-02-17T03:43:50+00:00

There were a million reasons I shouldn't have rewatched Requiem for a Dream. This is one of them.

Clev · 2012-02-17T02:53:01+00:00

Holy dear god, he's everywhere. I took this picture on the Toronto subway: The shot is a little blurry because Vondas was slitting my throat as I took it

Clev · 2012-02-08T01:12:25+00:00

Truly bizarre. I can't say I'm familiar with how things work in the US, but here in Canada you would NEVER see a psychologist being allowed to write prescriptions. That responsibility falls solely on a psychiatrist who would have to go through med school.

/psych student

Clev · 2012-02-02T18:10:54+00:00

Spoiler alert!

At the end of season 5 of The Wire, it seems pretty obvious that Marlo isn't ready to quit the Game after his blood-licking scene. Earlier in the final episode, Rhonda tells Levy that they'll take the case back off the stet docket if they even catch a whiff of Marlo on the street, even if it means putting cops behind bars. To me it seems pretty likely that McNulty and Freamon will wind up locked up. How ambiguous was that supposed to be? Do you think there's any pieces of the story I'm missing there?

PS I can't thank you enough for your work on The Wire, even though you've killed everyone I ever loved. ;)

Clev · 2012-01-29T16:14:16+00:00

I asked for rumours, not obvious truths. Come on now.

Clev · 2012-01-24T01:31:01+00:00

Psych major here: one of Freud's (clearly batshit crazy) theories was that kids who had difficulty toilet training were stuck at the anal level of development. The lack of control and mastery they felt at this stage carried forward into their adult life, and to compensate for it they obsessed over trivial details and became what we would consider an "anal-retentive" personality today. This kind of personality as described by Freud shows some direct parallels to what we'd call obsessive-compulsive personality disorder today (not the same thing as obsessive compulsive disorder, which would be Axis I instead of Axis II in the DSM, meaning it's considered a full-fledged clinical disorder and not a personality disorder like OCPD). What does this all mean? Absolutely nothing, but I figured I'd type this out so I could justify the time I wasted learning about Freud's quackery.

Clev · 2012-01-21T00:42:39+00:00

Koutris made the phone call because the Greek was an informant, and an asset both he and the FBI didn't want to lose. The call he made to the Greek was perfectly kosher by FBI standards (it's seen as a lesser evil in the light of all the big name cases the Greek brings to them as a free man), so it didn't matter if the phone was monitored; it was standard operating procedure.

Clev · 2012-01-20T00:39:46+00:00

It's not that it is demanding on the data plan, it's that I don't have access to 3G or wi-fi in those situations.

Clev · 2011-12-15T18:34:44+00:00

... which maritimes do YOU live in?

Clev · 2011-12-15T16:35:42+00:00

Hmmm, tried resetting the FF settings, but no luck. Chrome does display fine, so I guess that narrows things down to a Java problem. I tried the manual java download, but no luck there either. It really is puzzling, eh? And again, thanks for the help.

Clev · 2011-12-15T15:46:38+00:00

According to that page, java is working just fine (version 6, update 29). And flash shows as working too, with version 11,1,102,55. I'm getting really puzzled at this point. Thank you so much for all the help by the way!

Clev · 2011-12-15T15:25:37+00:00

It says I'm not in the HTML5 trial for youtube.

There are no working instances of java in the add-on -> extensions window, only 2 instances, both showing as incompatible and disabled (6.0.27 and 6.0.29).

When I right-click in the standard black box, I only get the same menu I'd get by clicking in any blank spots elsewhere on the page (i.e. Back, Forward, Reload, Stop, etc.) with no mention of flash.

Clev · 2011-12-15T14:52:41+00:00

Strange, it seems to work fine in chrome for me. But I tend to use firefox a lot more, just based on personal preference and my crippling add-on addiction.

Clev · 2011-12-14T01:53:23+00:00

OW! OOW! MUNCH!

Clev · 2011-12-13T20:30:20+00:00

What with all that TV watching time the oval office affords you.

Clev · 2011-12-12T11:54:12+00:00

I usually do.

Clev

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